L'Odyssée, Theatre in Périgueux, France.

L'Odyssée is a theatre on Esplanade Robert Badinter in Périgueux, with a main auditorium of 850 tiered seats and a stage 18 metres long and 13 metres wide. The building, inaugurated in 1961 as the Palais des Fêtes, also carries a 50-metre frieze by Gilbert Privat on its facade.

A first hall, the "salle de Comédie", opened in 1786 in an old inn and stable; a second theatre, designed by Louis Catoire with 511 seats, was inaugurated on 20 September 1838 on the promenade du Triangle and demolished in May 1956. The current building, planned from 1957 in the Sainte-Ursule district, was built to Robert Lafaye's plans and inaugurated in August/September 1961 as the "palais des Fêtes" with 1,500 seats. It became the Nouveau Théâtre de Périgueux in October 1992 and took the name L'Odyssée in April 2001.

Since 1983 L'Odyssée has organised the international mime festival Mimos, and the Office régional Aquitaine calls it a regional pole for mime. Its multidisciplinary season mixes theatre, stand-up, dance, contemporary circus and concerts; companies can rehearse at the Palace annex. In 2016 the director Chantal Achilli counted 35,000 spectators over 50 performances, including 10,000 schoolchildren.

L'Odyssée stands on Esplanade Robert Badinter in the Sainte-Ursule district, named for the Ursuline convent that occupied the site from 1806 to 1913. The main hall seats 850 on tiered rows facing a stage 18 m long and 13 m wide. Companies programmed at L'Odyssée can rehearse at the Palace, its annexe, so a performance may be prepared elsewhere in the building.

A 50-metre frieze by Gilbert Privat, unveiled in September 1964, ran along the building: fifteen engraved and painted stucco panels depicting the history and economic resources of Périgueux and the Périgord. Seven panels disappeared during the 1991-1992 restoration and extension, so only part of the series survives.